Fruit Baskets Newcastle has established a reputation for the most gorgeous designer fruit hampers delivered across Newcastle for all life events and occasions.

We pride ourselves on using the freshest seasonal fruit and making certain that your delivered gift is presented exactly as ordered when delivered to your recipient. Since we started delivering fruit hampers in 1988, we have seen it all and our systems and processes ensure your decision is safe and risk free.

Plus, we offer a custom design your own hamper option where one of our specialist staff is only too happy to take the time to talk you through our simple and easy order process.

Fruit Baskets Hampers Ideas; A Case Study

The Challenge – Fruit Bouquets

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We do fruit baskets for a building company who feature a handover basket on completion of the new home. Previously, the company had used gift package filled with products from the supermarket. But the admin lady had moved on and none of the staff had the time, inclination or talent to put one together. As the director put it…

“We had run out of ideas and were giving vouchers – but handing over a voucher did not have the same impact as a fresh fruit basket. We have noticed a great face to face response in handing over with a professionally made Fruit Basket.”

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The customer is a local franchisee of a nationally known building company, so there is a high expectation of quality control and maintaining brand standards.
Hunter Valley Hampers undertook to ensure that the fruit baskets would be delivered in pristine condition to the recipients home, with personalised messages and some unique inclusions depending on the clients likes. We made sure that ordering was simple and that the fruit basket would be delivered promptly.

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After the intial enquiry phone call, Brendan or Kacy from Hunter Valley Hampers visited the business with a selection of fruit baskets for approval. We explained that due to seasonal fluctuations in the price and quality of fruit, there would be some variation in the contents of the fruit baskets, but that generous size and blemish free fruit would be maintained regardless.

“I was surprised at the value for money with the fruit baskets. At first we were sceptical that the quality would be consistent, but Brendan and Kacy at Hunter Valley Hampers have not let us down.”

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Fruit Baskets are an established corporate gift in large cities, and Hunter Valley Hampers is proud to be the innovators in Newcastle. We pride ourselves on being the first and best Fruit Baskets in Newcastle, with generous size and daily freshness our points of difference. You are no longer forced to use florists for fruit baskets – we don’t do flowers, and florists don’t do fruit.

Every industry has trade secrets and hidden truths that it keeps from the general retail public about the industry. Simple things about the product, or the sales process, or the transaction that favors the business owner ad leaves the retail buyer at a distinct disadvantage.

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And the purpose of this article is to expose them to you, the buyer, so you will be a more astute consumer of gift basket and hampers in future. I am not here to discredit the industry, or paint the hard working fellow gift basket makers as a canny or untrustworthy lot – far from it. Just a few little things to look out for that will save you money and help you drive a better bargain next time you order.

Here’s the most important thing to remember when you are ordering a hamper or gift basket – nine out of ten people who order will not ever see what they are paying for. Simple as that.

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In the vast majority of cases, the hamper will be ordered by one party, and set to another destination, to be opened by the recipient who has no idea what to expect. So the representation to the buyer is something similar and near to as possible as that actually delivered to the recipient.

This is a fundamental difference to most other online ordering experiences, where the item is ordered and the recipient is the same person. You see what you want, order it, and then you get it. With gift baskets and hampers, the case it you see it and order it, and then a very close approximation, depending on what is in stock and your preferences, is delivered to the recipient. Big difference. Be aware that some gift basket shops will exploit this fact to the maximum and push the limits of what is being delivered compared to what is being ordered.

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Also keep an eye on packaging and presentation. Now this starts with the very image you will be looking at in the catalog or on the website. Immediately the products are neatly arranged around a central theme, with matching colors and most likely some props and situation items scattered around. Like baubles and sprigs of Christmas Tree setting the scene for a Christmas Hamper, or glasses and champagne flutes for a wine hamper. Note most often these are not included in the actual gift basket you will be sending to your recipient. Note how some things are not included, a disclaimer like ‘props not included’ should be clearly visible.

Packaging can be a further reveal when there is none – in other words the gift selection is actually a collection of products in a cardboard box. Now whilst strictly speaking this is a gift being delivered as promised, without props, it is quite distinct from seeing the neatly arranged presentation in the catalog or website. It is just some products in a box. Your recipient may not get the same tingly feeling pulling out some products from a box, it certainly doesn’t feel like a gift basket or a hamper when it doesn’t come prepared in an actual wicker basket.

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Being completely switched on with what you are buying, and what condition you expect the goods to be delivered in is a great way to avoid disappointment when ordering a Christmas Hamper or gift basket. Just by noting these simple tips and hints I hope you will enjoy a more satisfying and complete experience next time you order online. In the meantime, enjoy your gift baskets and hampers.

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